{"product_id":"the-book-of-the-courtier-classics-s-9780140441925","title":"The Book of the Courtier Classics S","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘The courtier has to imbue with grace his movements, his gestures, his way of doing things and in short, his every action’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Book of the Courtier\u003c\/i\u003e (1528), Baldesar Castiglione, a diplomat and Papal Nuncio to Rome, sets out to define the essential virtues for those at Court. In a lively series of imaginary conversations between the real-life courtiers to the Duke of Urbino, his speakers discuss qualities of noble behaviour – chiefly discretion, decorum, nonchalance and gracefulness – as well as wider questions such as the duties of a good government and the true nature of love. Castiglione’s narrative power and psychological perception make this guide both an entertaining comedy of manners and a revealing window onto the ideals and preoccupations of the Italian Renaissance at the moment of its greatest splendour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Bull’s elegant translation captures the variety of tone in Castiglione’s speakers, from comic interje\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732371583319,"sku":"9780140441925","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780140441925.jpg?v=1719996595","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-book-of-the-courtier-classics-s-9780140441925","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}